Can Vigor game surpass Escape from Tarkov?
1. Introduction
Vigor was developed by Bohemia Interactive (Representative: DAYZ, Armed
Assault). It was originally a third-person survival shooting game that logged
on the xbox one platform. It logged on to the Nintendo switch platform in the
form of a founder pack on July 8. At present, the game founder bag is
available at eshop in the US, and the price is $20. The founder's edition
includes a dress, a hat, an action, a title and some krypton currency.
Because this is actually a free to play game, you can also wait until the game
becomes free in the future. The official is currently saying that the game
will be free before the end of the year. In terms of gameplay, this game is a
"Escape from Tarkov"-style shooter looter. A group of players are dropped onto
a map, search for supplies, fight against each other, and try to retreat. If
you know how to escape from Tarkov, then the general rules of this game are
actually easy to understand.
2. Performance
Since it is a home machine transplant, let's talk about the performance issues
that most people should be most concerned about. This work is developed by
Unreal Engine, and the overall picture performance is mid-to-high in many
switch ported games. For the detailed look and feel, there are also real
machine videos posted by other players on the Internet for reference. Here are
some subjective feelings in terms of frame number.
Because of the lower resolution in handheld mode, the frame rate is more
stable than in tv mode. However, it is still not possible to stabilize 30fps
throughout the entire process. The intra-office somatosensory can maintain
approximately 30fps in an open environment, and it will drop to about 25fps
when entering complex environments such as housing areas. The tv mode has a
higher resolution, but the number of frames is slightly worse. The
intra-office usually fluctuates around 25fps, and it is difficult to achieve
even 25 in a complex environment. It has to drop a little bit, and the frame
generation is very unstable.
The frame numbers of the two modes in the outside environment are both
catastrophic, especially the tv mode. Players do not need to fight in this
base scene, so the developer seems to have deliberately sacrificed the frame
rate to increase the picture quality performance here. The frame rate of the
body in the refuge in tv mode may be barely even 20fps, which is quite a card.
Handheld The frame rate in the mode is higher, but it is still much lower than
the intra-office. And there will be a slight delay when performing various
menu operations in the evacuation shelter in tv mode. In terms of viewing
distance, the difference between the two modes is not too great, and neither
can be said far. Looking at the game video of the xbox version, you can see
the obvious gap. Of course, this can only be said to be a hard bottleneck,
just get used to it. This game supports somatosensory operation, but I
personally tried it and I am not very used to it. It is not as smooth as the
squid 2 and the personal somatosensory is not used so much.
3. Gameplay
This work is in the third person, which is different from Escape from Tarkov's
first-person, and it simplifies a lot of the hardcore settings of Escape from
Tarkov so that the threshold is greatly reduced and the rhythm is much faster.
The duration of a game in this game is about 10-15 minutes, and the rhythm is relatively fast. When the time of each round is up, radiation will begin to spread on the map (that is, poison reduction), and the poison will start from one direction on the map and gradually sweep across the map.
Players can see three red arrows on the map in their hands. This point is the
direction of the anti-drug in this game, and they will be the first to eat drugs when they are located at the upper wind. Yes, this game has a map! There
is a map! There is a map!
1. Preparation stage,
Each game consists of 8-12 players, there are no AI enemies, only players, and
it is pure PVP. First, we will see such a preparation screen.
Here we can see all the players in this game, you can click on them to view
their equipment, and you can see what guns each person is carrying to
facilitate the tactics of this game.
There are three purchase items below, namely: resource bonus, unboxing bonus,
and insurance.
Resource bonus: Everyone picks up more garbage
Box-opening bonus: The quality of items opened in airdrops and safes has been
improved
Insurance: insure your own equipment
The first two are bluntly applied to everyone in the game, suddenly, every
player who buys a bonus can push the bonus scale up, the more people buy,
everyone can get more and better thing.
And only insurance is only for oneself, which is similar to the secure
container in Escape from Tarkov, except that it is one-time protection for the
whole body, and cannot be insured for individual equipment.
These three purchase items must be purchased with in-game krypton currency, so
if you are not confident in your performance in this game, it is better not to
buy bonuses for others.
2. Map elements
Orange icon: evacuation point.
The location is fixed. Enter the evacuation point range for 10 seconds to
withdraw.
Green circle area: airdrop area.
The location is random. After a certain period of time at the beginning of the
game, the aircraft will drop airdrops in the area, which contains high-level
materials, which is one of the hot spots in each game.
Telegraph icon: communication station.
The location is random. The communication station can be used to intervene in
the airdrop, such as modifying the location of the airdrop area and speeding
up the delivery of the airdrop.
Electric tower icon: signal tower.
The location is random. After use, the position of all players in the current
round can be displayed on the user's map for about 10 seconds.
Crossed square icon: safe
The location is random. A variety of high-quality weapon parts and other
materials can be drawn inside, which is another hot spot in each game.
Basically, all supplies except for airdrops are flashed out at the beginning,
including safes. So a lot of the big guys started directly into the safe,
which was the hot spot of the first half.
Airdrops will be placed in the second half under normal circumstances. During
this period, anyone can use the communication station to modify the airdrop
zone. Therefore, the practice of squatting in the airdrop zone at the
beginning of the game may not be effective. The airdrop may be exchanged
elsewhere.
You don't have to go head-to-head with others. This is similar to Escape from
Tarkov. Your real goal is to collect resources, leave safely, and use
resources to upgrade your own shelter, not to kill.
In addition to the signal tower, there is also a handheld signal detector in
the game, which can temporarily detect the location of other players in the
game, but this is a consumable, and it is a bit expensive to make one. If
someone uses a signal tower or a handheld detector, other players will receive
an announcement that the location has been detected.
Players who have taken the airdrop will be immediately exposed on the map of
others, but not when opening the safe. Those who killed at least 4 players in
the game will have their position exposed to others. In team mode,
teammates will be immediately exposed to others.
4. Refuge
This is the player's own base. Your main goal is to continuously upgrade your
refuge by collecting materials from time to time. As the refuge facilities are
upgraded, players will also get more and better rights and unlock more
advanced functions.
Refuge all an upgrade tree page, where you can view each upgrade node and the
materials they need in detail. After each node is lit, it can continue to
upgrade its level to improve the efficiency of this facility. For example,
constantly upgrading the workbench can unlock more weapon crafting. Upgrade
the logging area to increase the speed of automatic material acquisition.
The weapons in this work are mainly made by yourself. There are two ways to
make them, parts making and material making. The making of parts is similar to
weapon fragments. If you collect a specified amount of the weapon parts (open
the box and open the safe in the bureau), you can directly Make a handful and
complete it instantly, without additional cost.
The material needs to first obtain the drawing of the weapon (various
tasks/obtained out of the box or directly purchased in the mall), and then
spend the material (material in the upper right corner) to make, this kind of
production takes time.
In addition to the production of this material for weapons over time, the game
will also compensate you for what you lose when you accidentally give it away
for nothing.
There is also a kind of food in the upper right corner. In addition to picking
it up inside the bureau, the shelter also has facilities to produce it. Food
should have only one function at present, which is to choose to donate from
the freight ropeway on the cliff behind the house. The game will count the
amount of food donated by players during this period every certain number of
days, and then reward you with boxes of different quality according to the
amount.
There is also a facility for producing krypton gold currency, which is a
flagpole antenna behind the house, but the production rate is very slow. That
is to encourage you to don't forget to go online and accept food when you are
not playing. It is also very common as a f2p game to improve player adhesion.
In other words, even if you go to the warehouse for nothing, take a few days
off to collect the vegetables, you can save some materials and make a few
weapons without going out. Going out to run the knife is also away, but the
knife in this game also needs to be made with materials, so people usually go
naked.
4.The problem of the game
The frame number and picture issues have been mentioned in the previous part,
and I personally feel that I can only say that this work still needs further
optimization. The switch version of this work has been in closed beta before.
People who have participated in Reddit basically agree that compared to the
closed beta, the current version of the picture has been significantly
improved, but there is still room for improvement in the number of frames.
The bug problem that I have encountered most is that the window is stuck and
cannot be turned out, and there is a problem with the character animation when
climbing the ladder. I see foreign Xbox players often report shooting judgment
bugs, such as clearly hitting the opponent but no damage. I have not
encountered similar problems in the switch version. Of course, my experience
is not too deep after only playing for a few days, so I can't say much here.
Since it is a PVP game, it is inevitable to talk about the current in-game
environment. I just want to say that the current game environment is a
disaster. The reason is that the switch version is forced to cross-platform
with the Xbox version. If you open the switch version now and match a game,
most of the 12 people will be Xbox players.
The advantages of 60fps versus 25fps are self-evident, and the switch version
also has a great disadvantage in resolution and viewing distance, and it is
difficult to win against the gun. The official statement is aware of this, but
because the number of players in the switch version is sparse at this stage,
in order to have a reasonable matching time, cross-platform will be forced
temporarily, and cross-platform switches will be provided when the switch
version is officially free.
In addition to single players, the game can also team up in pairs, and you can
randomly match wild people. But in this toxic game, it is unrealistic to
expect to trust a stranger. Someone will you at the start, or deliberately
separate from you if you get a good thing, then you, or even if two people
arrive at the evacuation point together, they will you again. In the
two-player mode, the airdrop will also be two boxes, which is another
experience of human nature.
All in all, people who have played similar games must understand that if you
don't have a fixed friend, don't team up with a wild man.
5, Summary
I think this game has great potential. It has its own characteristics based on
the Escape from Tarkov traditional hardcore survival shooting game rules, but
this game obviously has a long way to go. Officials once said that there is no
plan to log in to the PC, and it will be specifically for the host, so at
least it is fortunate that the plug-in problem has been solved.
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